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Mary Barton

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Mary Barton

by Gaskell, Elizabeth

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London & Felling-on-Tyne: Walter Scott Pub.co. Ltd, 1111. Undated. . Hard. Fair. 12mo, 71/2. Fair. Publishers cloth with decor` and lettering to front and gilt lettering and decor` to spine. Darkened. Corners slightly bumped, cloth was faded and a little markings on covers. Hinges cracked . Foxing and discolouration throughout.Bookplate to front pastedown. 337pp.

Synopsis

‘O Jem, her father won’t listen to me, and it’s you must save Mary! You’re like a brother to her’ Mary Barton, the daughter of disillusioned trade unionist, rejects her working-class lover Jem Wilson in the hope of marrying Henry Carson, the mill owner’s son, and making a better life for herself and her father. But when Henry is shot down in the street and Jem becomes the main suspect, Mary finds herself painfully torn between the two men. Through Mary’s dilemma, and the moving portrayal of her father, the embittered and courageous activist John Barton, Mary Barton (1848) powerfully dramatizes the class divides of the ‘hungry forties’ as personal tragedy. In its social and political setting, it looks towards Elizabeth Gaskell’s great novels of the industrial revolution, in particular North and South . In his introduction Maconald Daly discusses Elizabeth Gaskell’s first novel as a pioneering book that made public the great division between rich and poor – a theme that inspired much of her finest work.

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Bookseller
Ryan OHorne Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
014176
Title
Mary Barton
Author
Gaskell, Elizabeth
Format/Binding
Hard
Book Condition
Used - Fair
Quantity Available
1
Edition
Undated.
Publisher
London & Felling-on-Tyne: Walter Scott Pub.co. Ltd
Size
12mo, 71/2
Weight
0.00 lbs

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Glossary

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Fair
is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
12mo
A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Cracked
In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
PUB
Common abbreviation for 'published'

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